The tragic life of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Alice was born in 1843 and was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her name was chosen because Lord Melbourne, the former […]
Month: February 2018
Palace of Holyroodhouse and Holyrood Abbey
The Palace of Holyroodhouse is commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace. It lies at the opposite end of the Royal Mile which connects to Edinburgh […]
Diana, Princess of Wales’s letters to AIDS victim up for auction
Letters from Diana, Princess of Wales, to an AIDS victim, have surfaced in the United Kingdom and these rare documents will be auctioned by Henry […]
The Lady of the Lotus – Rani Roopmati
Written by Paridhi Sinha. In the volcanic plateau of Malwa in central India, lies an ancient city named Mandu. Today, it is a sleepy small […]
Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Hungary (Part 2)
Read part one here. The civil war that began with the death of King Andrew III of Hungary and Croatia ended two decades later with […]
Adelaide del Vasto – First female regent of Sicily
From 1130, the Italian island of Sicily was a kingdom. What most don’t know, it was a county before it became a kingdom. The island […]